Silent screen actress Barbara La Marr was a legend in her time, leading an astounding life described by newspapers of the day as “a wilder story than she ever helped to film.”  I (Sherri Snyder) will be in Arizona at the Desert Foothills Library in Cave Creek on Tuesday, October 28 to portray Barbara in a self-authored performance piece, then present a slideshow lecture about her, detailing her oftentimes scandalous life from her humble beginnings to her tragic death at age twenty-nine in 1926.  Barbara’s banishment from Los Angeles at age seventeen for being “too beautiful”; her notable careers as a dancer, a vaudevillian, a screenwriter, and an actress; her impact upon cinematic history; and her fierce determination to forge her own destiny amid the constant threat of losing it all to scandal and, ultimately, death will be spotlighted. 

I will also sign copies of my biography, Barbara La Marr: The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful for Hollywood (a limited number of books will be available for purchase). 

The event, beginning at 1 p.m. and roughly an hour and thirty minutes long, is being held in the library’s Jones/Coates Room and is FREE to attend.  Attendees are asked to please register in advance here.